Electro-polarizable compound and capacitor

ABSTRACT

An electro-polarizable compound has the following general formula: 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     Core1 is an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule having two-dimensional teat form and self-assembling by pi-pi stacking in a column-like supramolecule, R1 is a dopant group connected to Core1; a number m of R1 groups is 1, 2, 3 or 4. R2 is a substituent comprising one or more ionic groups connected to Core1; a number p of ionic groups R2 is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. The fragment marked NLE has a nonlinear polarization effect. Core2 is an electro-conductive oligomer self-assembling by pi-pi stacking in a column-like supramolecule, a number n of such oligomers is 0, 2, or 4. R3 is a substituent comprising one or more ionic groups connected to Core2; a number s of the ionic groups R3 is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. R4 is a resistive substituent providing solubility of the compound in a solvent and electrically insulating the column-like supramolecules from each other. A number k of substituents R4 is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure relates generally to passive components ofelectrical circuit and more particularly to an electro-polarizablecompound and capacitor based on this material and intended for energystorage.

BACKGROUND

A capacitor is a passive electronic component that is used to storeenergy in the form of an electrostatic field, and comprises a pair ofelectrodes separated by a dielectric layer. When a potential differenceexists between the two electrodes, an electric field is present in thedielectric layer. An ideal capacitor is characterized by a singleconstant value of capacitance, which is a ratio of the electric chargeon each electrode to the potential difference between them. For highvoltage applications, much larger capacitors have to be used.

One important characteristic of a dielectric material is its breakdownfield. The breakdown field corresponds to the value of electric fieldstrength at which the material suffers a catastrophic failure andconducts electricity between the electrodes. For most capacitorgeometries, the electric field in the dielectric can be approximated bythe voltage between the two electrodes divided by the spacing betweenthe electrodes, which is usually the thickness of the dielectric layer.Since the thickness is usually constant it is more common to refer to abreakdown voltage, rather than a breakdown field. There are a number offactors that can dramatically reduce the breakdown voltage. Inparticular, the geometry of the conductive electrodes is importantfactor affecting breakdown voltage for capacitor applications. Inparticular, sharp edges or points hugely increase the electric fieldstrength locally and can lead to a local breakdown. Once a localbreakdown starts at any point, the breakdown will quickly “trace”through the dielectric layer until it reaches the opposite electrode andcauses a short circuit.

Breakdown of the dielectric layer usually occurs as follows. Intensityof an electric field becomes high enough to “pull” electrons from atomsof the dielectric material and makes them conduct an electric currentfrom one electrode to another. Presence of impurities in the dielectricor imperfections of the crystal structure can result in an avalanchebreakdown as observed in semiconductor devices.

Another important characteristic of a dielectric material is itsdielectric permittivity. Different types of dielectric materials areused for capacitors and include ceramics, polymer film, paper, andelectrolytic capacitors of different kinds. The most widely used polymerfilm materials are polypropylene and polyester. Increasing dielectricpermittivity allows for increasing volumetric energy density, whichmakes it an important technical task. The article “Synthesis andspectroscopic characterization of an alkoxysilane dye containing C. I.Disperse Red 1” (Yuanjing Cui, Minquan Wang, Lujian Chen, Guodong Qian,Dyes and Pigments, 62 (2004) pp. 43-47) describe the synthesis of analkoxysilane dye (ICTES-DR1) which was copolymerized by sol-gelprocessing to yield organic-inorganic hybrid materials for use assecond-order nonlinear optical (NLO) effect. C. I. Disperse Red 1 (DR1)was attached to Si atoms by a carbamate linkage to provide thefunctionalized silane via the nucleophilic addition reaction of3-isocyanatopropyl triethoxysilane (ICTES) with DR1 using triethylamineas catalyst. The authors found that triethylamine and dibutyltindilaurate were almost equally effective as catalysts. The physicalproperties and structure of ICTES-DR1 were characterized using elementalanalysis, mass spectra, 1H-NMR, FTIR, UV-visible spectra anddifferential scanning calorimetry (DSC). ICTES-DR1 displays excellentsolubility in common organic solvents.

Second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) effects of organic molecules havebeen extensively investigated for their advantages over inorganiccrystals. Properties studied, for example, include their large opticalnon-linearity, ultra fast response speed, high damage thresholds and lowabsorption loss, etc. Particularly, organic thin films with excellentoptical properties have tremendous potential in integrated optics suchas optical switching, data manipulation and information processing.Among organic NLO molecules, azo-dye chromophores have been a specialinterest to many investigators because of their relatively largemolecular hyper-polarizability (b) due to delocalization of thep-electronic clouds. They were most frequently either incorporated as aguest in the polymeric matrix (guest-host polymers) or grafted into thepolymeric matrix (functionalized polymers) over the past decade.

Chromophoric orientation is obtained by applying a static electric fieldor by optical poling. Whatever the poling process, poled-order decay isan irreversible process which tends to annihilate the NLO response ofthe materials and this process is accelerated at higher temperature. Fordevice applications, the most probable candidate must exhibit inherentproperties that include: (i) high thermal stability to withstand heatingduring poling; (ii) high glass transition temperature (T_(g)) to lockthe chromophores in their acentric order after poling.

Most of the polymers, however, have either low T_(g) or poor thermalstability which makes them unsuitable for direct use. To overcome theseproblems, one attractive approach is incorporating the nonlinear opticalactive chromophore into a polymerizable silane by covalent bond to yieldan alkoxysilane dye which can be copolymerized via sol-gel processing toform organic-inorganic hybrid materials. The hydrolysis and condensationof functionalized silicon alkoxydes can yield a rigid amorphousthree-dimensional network which leads to slower relaxation of NLOchromophores. Therefore, sol-gel hybrid nonlinear optical materials havereceived significant attention and exhibited the desired properties. Inthis strategy, the design and synthesis of new network-formingalkoxysilane dye are of paramount importance and detailed investigationof them will offer great promise in the fabrication of new materials forsecond-order nonlinear optics that will eventually meet the basicrequirements in building photonic devices.

In the article “Design and Characterization of Molecular NonlinearOptical Switches” (Frederic Castet et al., ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICALRESEARCH, pp. 2656-2665, (2013), Vol. 46, No. 11), Castet et al.illustrate the similarities of the experimental and theoretical tools todesign and characterize highly efficient NLO switches but also thedifficulties in comparing them. After providing a critical overview ofthe different theoretical approaches used for evaluating the firsthyperpolarizabilities, Castet et al. reported two case studies in whichtheoretical simulations have provided guidelines to design NLO switcheswith improved efficiencies. The first example presents the jointtheoretical/experimental characterization of a new family ofmulti-addressable NLO switches based on benzazolo-oxazolidinederivatives. The second focuses on the photoinduced commutation inmerocyanine-spiropyran systems, where the significant NLO contrast couldbe exploited for metal cation identification in a new generation ofmultiusage sensing devices. Finally, Castet et al. illustrated theimpact of environment on the NLO switching properties, with examplesbased on the keto-enol equilibrium in anil derivatives. Through theserepresentative examples, Castet et al. demonstrated that the rationaldesign of molecular NLO switches, which combines experimental andtheoretical approaches, has reached maturity. Future challenges consistin extending the investigated objects to supramolecular architecturesinvolving several NLO-responsive units, in order to exploit theircooperative effects for enhancing the NLO responses and contrasts.

Two copolymers of 3-alkylthiophene (alkyl=hexyl, octyl) and a thiophenefunctionalized with disperse red 19 (TDR19) as chromophore side chainwere synthesized by oxidative polymerization by Marilú Chávez-Castilloet al. (“Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Behavior of Novel PolythiopheneDerivatives Functionalized with Disperse Red 19 Chromophore”, HindawiPublishing Corporation International Journal of Polymer Science, Volume2015, Article ID 219361, 10 pages, which may be downloaded from theinternet at the following URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/219361).The synthetic procedure was easy to perform, cost-effective, and highlyversatile. The molecular structure, molecular weight distribution, filmmorphology, and optical and thermal properties of these polythiophenederivatives were determined by NMR, FT-IR, UV-Vis GPC, DSC-TGA, and AFM.The third-order nonlinear optical response of these materials wasperformed with nanosecond and femtosecond laser pulses by using thethird-harmonic generation (THG) and Z-scan techniques at infraredwavelengths of 1300 and 800nm, respectively. From these experiments itwas observed that although the TRD19 incorporation into the side chainof the copolymers was lower than 5%, it was sufficient to increase theirnonlinear response in solid state. For instance, the third-ordernonlinear electric susceptibility of solid thin films made of thesecopolymers exhibited an increment of nearly 60% when TDR19 incorporationincreased from 3% to 5%. In solution, the copolymers exhibited similartwo-photon absorption cross sections σ_(2PA) with a maximum value of8545GM and 233GM (1GM=10⁻⁵⁰ cm⁴ s) per repeated monomeric unit.

As is generally understood by those skilled in the art, electricsusceptibility refers to a dimensionless proportionality constant thatindicates the degree of polarization of a dielectric material inresponse to an applied electric field. The greater the electricsusceptibility, the greater the ability of a material to polarize inresponse to the field and thereby reduce the total electric field insidethe material (and store energy). It is in this way that the electricsusceptibility influences the electric permittivity of the material andthus influences many other phenomena in that medium, from thecapacitance of capacitors. Electric susceptibility is defined as theconstant of proportionality (which may be a) relating an electric fieldE to the induced dielectric polarization density P such that:

P=ε₀χ_(e)E

Where

P is the polarization density, ε₀ is the permittivity of free space,χ_(e) is the electric susceptibility for the material, and E is theelectric field.

The standard definition of nonlinear susceptibilities in SI units is viaa Taylor expansion of the polarization's reaction to electric field:

P= ₀+ε₀χ⁽¹⁾+ε₀χ⁽²⁾ E ²+ε₀χ⁽³⁾ E ³+ . . .

The first susceptibility term, χ⁽¹⁾ corresponds to the linearsusceptibility described above. While this first term is dimensionless,the subsequent nonlinear susceptibilities χ^((n)) have units of(m/V)^(n−1) in SI units. The built-in polarizability P₀ is zero, exceptfor ferroelectric materials. The nonlinear susceptibilities can begeneralized to anisotropic materials (where each susceptibility χ⁽¹⁾becomes an n+1-rank tensor). The nonlinear susceptibilities areimportant in nonlinear optics.

The theory of molecular nonlinear optics based on a sum-over-states(SOS) model was reviewed by Mark G. Kuzyk et al., “Theory of MolecularNonlinear Optics”, Advances in Optics and Photonics 5, 4-82 (2013) doi:10.1364/AOP .5.000004 (hereinafter Kuzyk), which is incorporated hereinby reference. The interaction of radiation with a single wtp-isolatedmolecule was treated by first-order perturbation theory, and expressionswere derived for the linear (α_(ij)) polarizability and nonlinear(β_(ijk), γ_(ijk1)) molecular hyperpolarizabilities in terms of theproperties of the molecular states and the electric dipole transitionmoments for light-induced transitions between them. Scale invariance wasused to estimate fundamental limits for these polarizabilities. Thecrucial role of the spatial symmetry of both the single molecules andtheir ordering in dense media, and the transition from the singlemolecule to the dense medium case (susceptibilities χ⁽¹⁾ _(ij),χ(2)_(ijk), χ⁽³⁾ _(ijk1)), is discussed. For example, for β_(ijk),symmetry determines whether a molecule can support second-ordernonlinear processes or not. For non-centrosymmetric molecules, examplesof the frequency dispersion based on a two-level model (ground state andone excited state) are the simplest possible for β_(ijk) and examples ofthe resulting frequency dispersion were given. The third-ordersusceptibility is too complicated to yield simple results in terms ofsymmetry properties. Kuzyk shows that whereas a two-level model sufficesfor non-centrosymmetric molecules, symmetric molecules require a minimumof three levels in order to describe effects such as two-photonabsorption.

The promising class of (polypyridine-ruthenium)-nitrosyl complexescapable of high yield Ru—NO/Ru—ON isomerization has been targeted as apotential molecular device for the achievement of complete NLO switchesin the solid state by Joelle Akl, Chelmia Billot et al., “Molecularmaterials for switchable nonlinear optics in the solid state, based onruthenium-nitrosyl complexes”, New J. Chem., 2013, 37, 3518-3527, whichis incorporated herein by reference. A computational investigationconducted at the PBE0/6-31+G** DFT level for benchmark systems ofgeneral formula [R-terpyridine-Ru^(II)Cl₂ (NO)](PF₆) (R being asubstituent with various donating or withdrawing capabilities) lead tothe suggestion that an isomerization could produce a convincing NLOswitch (large value of the β_(ON)/β_(OFF) ratio) for R substituents ofweak donating capabilities. Four new molecules were obtained in order totest the synthetic feasibility of this class of materials withR=4′-p-bromophenyl, 4′-p-methoxyphenyl, 4′-p-diethylaminophenyl, and4′-p-nitrophenyl. The different cis-(Cl,Cl) and trans-(Cl,Cl) isomerscan be separated by HPLC, and identified by NMR and X-raycrystallographic studies.

Single crystals of doped aniline oligomers can be produced via a simplesolution-based self-assembly method (see Yue Wang et al., “Morphologicaland Dimensional Control via Hierarchical Assembly of Doped OligoanilineSingle Crystals”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, v. 134, pp. 9251-9262, whichis incorporated herein by reference). Detailed mechanistic studiesreveal that crystals of different morphologies and dimensions can beproduced by a “bottom-up” hierarchical assembly where structures such asone-dimensional (1-D) nanofibers can be aggregated into higher orderarchitectures. A large variety of crystalline nanostructures including1-D nanofibers and nanowires, 2-D nanoribbons and nanosheets, 3-Dnanoplates, stacked sheets, nanoflowers, porous networks, hollowspheres, and twisted coils can be obtained by controlling the nucleationof the crystals and the non-covalent interactions between the dopedoligomers. These nanoscale crystals exhibit enhanced conductivitycompared to their bulk counterparts as well as interestingstructure-property relationships such as shape-dependent crystallinity.Further, the morphology and dimension of these structures can be largelyrationalized and predicted by monitoring molecule-solvent interactionsvia absorption studies. Using doped tetraaniline as a model system, theresults and strategies presented by Yue Wang et al. provide insight intothe general scheme of shape and size control for organic materials.

Hu Kang et al. detail the synthesis and chemical/physicalcharacterization of a series of unconventional twisted π-electron systemelectro-optic (EO) chromophores (“Ultralarge Hyperpolarizability Twistedπ-Electron System Electro-Optic Chromophores: Synthesis, Solid-State andSolution-Phase Structural Characteristics, Electronic Structures, Linearand Nonlinear Optical Properties, and Computational Studies”, J. AM.CHEM. SOC. 2007, vol. 129, pp. 3267-3286), which is incorporated hereinby reference. Crystallographic analysis of these chromophores revealslarge ring-ring dihedral twist angles (80-89°) and a highlycharge-separated zwitterionic structure dominating the ground state. NOENMR measurements of the twist angle in solution confirm that thesolid-state twisting persists essentially unchanged in solution.Optical, IR, and NMR spectroscopic studies in both the solution phaseand solid state further substantiate that the solid-state structuralcharacteristics persist in solution. The aggregation of these highlypolar zwitterions is investigated using several experimental techniques,including concentration-dependent optical and fluorescence spectroscopyand pulsed field gradient spin-echo (PGSE) NMR spectroscopy incombination with solid-state data. These studies reveal clear evidenceof the formation of centrosymmetric aggregates in concentrated solutionsand in the solid state and provide quantitative information on theextent of aggregation. Solution-phase DC electric-field-inducedsecond-harmonic generation (EFISH) measurements reveal unprecedentedhyperpolarizabilities (nonresonant μβ as high as −488 000×10⁴⁸ esu at1907 nm). Incorporation of these chromophores into guest-host poledpolyvinylphenol films provides very large electro-optic coefficients(r₃₃) of ˜330 pm/V at 1310 nm. The aggregation and structure-propertyeffects on the observed linear/nonlinear optical properties werediscussed. High-level computations based on state-averaged completeactive space self-consistent field (SA-CASSCF) methods provide a newrationale for these exceptional hyperpolarizabilities and demonstratesignificant solvation effects on hyperpolarizabilities, in goodagreement with experiment. As such, this work suggests new paradigms formolecular hyperpolarizabilities and electro-optics.

Capacitors as energy storage device have well-known advantages versuselectrochemical energy storage, e.g. a battery. Compared to batteries,capacitors are able to store energy with very high power density, i.e.charge/recharge rates, have long shelf life with little degradation, andcan be charged and discharged (cycled) hundreds of thousands or millionsof times. However, capacitors often do not store energy in small volumeor weight as in case of a battery, or at low energy storage cost, whichmakes capacitors impractical for some applications, for example electricvehicles. Accordingly, it may be an advance in energy storage technologyto provide capacitors of higher volumetric and mass energy storagedensity and lower cost.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure provides an electro-polarizable compound havingthe following general formula (I):

-   -   Where Core1 is an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule having        two-dimensional flat form and self-assembling by pi-pi stacking        in a column-like supramolecule, R1 is a dopant group connected        to the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1), m is the        number of dopant groups R1 which is equal to 1, 2, 3 or 4, R2 is        a substituent comprising one or more ionic groups from a class        of ionic compounds that are used in ionic liquids connected to        the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1) directly or        via a connecting group, p is number of ionic groups R2 which is        equal to 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. The fragment marked NLE containing the        aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule with at least one dopant        of group has nonlinear effect of polarization. The Core2 is an        electro-conductive oligomer self-assembling by pi-pi stacking in        a column-like supramolecule, n is number of the        electro-conductive oligomers which is equal to 0, 2, or 4, R3 is        a substituent comprising one or more ionic groups from a class        of ionic compounds that are used in ionic liquids connected to        the electro-conductive oligomer (Core2) directly or via a        connecting group, s is number of the ionic groups R3 which is        equal to 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. The R4 is a resistive substituent        providing solubility of the organic compound in a solvent and        electrically insulating the column-like supramolecules from each        other, k is the number of R4 substituents, on said        electro-polarizable compound, which is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4,        5, 6, 7 or 8.

In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a solution comprising anorganic solvent and at least one disclosed electro-polarizable compound.

In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a crystalmetadielectric layer comprising a mixture of the electro-polarizablecompounds as disclosed above. The nonlinearly polarizable fragmentscomprising an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule with at least onedopant group, optionally the electro-conductive oligomers, and the ionicgroups which have electronic and/or ionic type of polarizability areplaced into the resistive dielectric envelope formed by resistivesubstituents providing solubility of the organic compound in a solventand electrically insulating the column-like supramolecules from eachother.

In still another aspect, the present disclosure provides ameta-capacitor comprising two metal electrodes positioned parallel toeach other and which can be rolled or flat and planar with saidmetadielectric layer between said electrodes, wherein the dielectriclayer comprises one or more types of the disclosed electro-polarizablecompounds. The nonlinearly polarizable fragments may include an aromaticpolycyclic conjugated molecule with at least one dopant group.Optionally the electro-conductive oligomers, and the ionic groups whichhave electronic and/or ionic type of polarizability are placed into theresistive dielectric envelope formed by resistive substituents providingsolubility of the organic compound in a solvent and electricallyinsulating the column-like supramolecules from each other.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

All publications, patents, and patent applications mentioned in thisspecification are herein incorporated by reference to the same extent asif each individual publication, patent, or patent application wasspecifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1A schematically shows a capacitor with flat and planar electrodesin accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure.

FIG. 1B schematically shows a capacitor with rolled (circular)electrodes in accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

While various embodiments of the invention have been shown and describedherein, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that suchembodiments are provided by way of example only. Numerous variations,changes, and substitutions may occur to those skilled in the art withoutdeparting from the invention. It should be understood that variousalternatives to the embodiments of the invention described herein may beemployed.

The present disclosure provides an electro-polarizable compound.Existence of the electrophilic groups (acceptors) and the nucleophilicgroups (donors) in the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1)promotes increase of electronic polarizability of these molecules. Underthe influence of external electric field electrons are displaced fromthe nucleophilic groups (donors) to the electrophilic groups (acceptors)that lead to increase of an electronic polarizability of such molecules.Thus a distribution of electronic density in the molecules isnon-uniform. Presence of the electro-conductive oligomers leads toincreasing of polarization ability of the disclosed electro-polarizablecompound because of electronic super conductivity of theelectro-conductive oligomers. Ionic groups increase an ionic componentof polarization of the disclosed electro-polarizable compound. Thenonlinearly polarizable fragments comprising an aromatic polycyclicconjugated molecule with at least one dopant group, theelectro-conductive oligomers and the ionic groups are placed into theresistive dielectric envelope formed by resistive substituents providingsolubility of the organic compound in a solvent and electricallyinsulating the column-like supramolecules from each other. Anon-centrosymmetric arrangement of the dopant group(s) can lead to astrong nonlinear response of the compound's electronic polarization inthe presence of an electric field. The resistive substituents increasethe electric strength of these electro-polarizable compounds andbreakdown voltage of the dielectric layers made on their basis.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the aromatic polycyclicconjugated molecule (Core1) comprises rylene fragments. In anotherembodiment of the disclosed electro-polarizable compound, the rylenefragments are selected from structures from 1 to 12 as given in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Examples of the aromatic polycyclic conjugated moleculecomprising rylene fragments

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

In yet another embodiment of the electro-polarizable compound, thearomatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1) is tetrapirolicmacro-cyclic fragment. In still another embodiment of theelectro-polarizable compound, the tetrapirolic macro-cyclic fragmentshave a general structural formula from the group comprising structures13-19 as given in Table 2, where M denotes an atom of metal or twoprotons (2H).

TABLE 2 Examples of the aromatic polycyclic conjugated moleculecomprising tetrapirolic macro-cyclic fragment

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the dopant group (R1) isselected from nucleophilic groups (donors) and electrophilic groups(acceptors). The electrophilic groups (acceptors) are selected from—NO₂, —NH₃ ⁺ and —NR₃ ⁺ (quaternary nitrogen salts), counterion Cl⁻ orBr⁻, —CHO (aldehyde), —CRO (keto group), —SO₃H (sulfonic acids), —SO₃R(sulfonates), SO₂NH₂ (sulfonamides), —COOH (carboxylic acid), —COOR(esters, from carboxylic acid side), −COCl (carboxylic acid chlorides),—CONH₂ (amides, from carboxylic acid side), —CF₃, —CCl₃, —CN, wherein Ris radical selected from the list comprising alkyl (methyl, ethyl,isopropyl, tert-butyl, neopentyl, cyclohexyl etc.), allyl (—CH₂—CH═CH₂),benzyl (—CH₂C₆H₅) groups, phenyl (+substituted phenyl) and other aryl(aromatic) groups. The nucleophilic groups (donors) are selected from—O⁻ (phenoxides, like —ONa or —OK), —NH₂, —NHR, NR₂, —OH, OR (ethers),—NHCOR (amides, from amine side), —OCOR (esters, from alcohol side),alkyls, —C₆H₅, vinyls, wherein R is radical selected from the listcomprising alkyl (methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, tent-butyl, neopentyl,cyclohexyl etc.), allyl (—CH2-CH═CH2), benzyl (—CH2C6H5) groups, phenyl(+substituted phenyl) and other aryl (aromatic) groups.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the electro-conductiveoligomer (Core2) is selected from the structures 20 to 28 as given inTable 3, wherein I=2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12, Z is ═O, ═S or═NR5, and R5 is selected from the group consisting of unsubstituted orsubstituted C₁-C₁₈alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted C₂-C₁₈alkenyl,unsubstituted or substituted C₂-C₁₈alkynyl, and unsubstituted orsubstituted C₄-C₁₈aryl.

TABLE 3 Examples of the polycyclic organic compound comprisingelectro-conductive oligomer

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

In yet another embodiment of the disclosed electro-polarizable compound,at least one ionic group R2 or R3 is independently selected from thelist comprising [NR₄]⁺, [PR₄]⁺ as cation and [—CO₂]⁻, [—SO₃]⁻, [—SR₅]⁻,[—PO₃R]⁻, [—PR₅]⁻ as anion, wherein R is selected from the listcomprising H, alkyl, and fluorine. In still another embodiment of thedisclosed electro-polarizable compound, at least one connecting group isselected from the list comprising the following structures: 29-39 givenin Table 4, where W is hydrogen (H) or an alkyl group.

TABLE 4 Examples of the connecting group —O— 29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one connectinggroup is selected from the group of CH₂, CF₂, SiR₂O, CH₂CH₂O, wherein Ris selected from the list comprising H, alkyl, and fluorine. In anotherembodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one connecting groupis selected from structures 40 to 45 as given in table 5.

TABLE 5 Examples of the connecting group

40

41

42

43

44

45

In yet another embodiment of the present disclosure, the resistivesubstituent R4 is selected from the group of alkyl, aryl, substitutedalkyl, substituted aryl, fluorinated alkyl, chlorinated alkyl, branchedand complex alkyl, branched and complex fluorinated alkyl, branched andcomplex chlorinated alkyl groups, and any combination thereof, andwherein the alkyl group is selected from methyl, ethyl, propyl, n-butyl,iso-butyl and tent-butyl groups, and the aryl group is selected fromphenyl, benzyl and naphthyl groups or siloxane, and/orpolyethyleneglycol as linear or branched chains. In still anotherembodiment of the present disclosure, the resistive substituent R4 isC_(X)Q_(2X+1), where X≧1 and Q is hydrogen (H), fluorine (F), orchlorine (Cl).

In one embodiment of the electro-polarizable compound, the aromaticpolycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1) and the dopant groups (R1) form anon-centrosymmetric molecular structure. In another embodiment of theelectro-polarizable compound, the aromatic polycyclic conjugatedmolecule (Core1), the dopant groups (R1) and the resistive substituents(R4) form a non-centrosymmetric molecular structure.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the electro-polarizablecompound has the following general formula (II):

The aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1) is rylene fragmenthaving following structural formula:

Two (m is equal to 2) dopant groups —NH₂ and —NO₂ are located on rylenephenyl rings and/or apex phenyl ring of Core1. The electro-conductiveoligomer (Core2) has following structural formula wherein I=2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12:

The number n of the electro-conductive oligomers is equal to 2 and thetwo Core2 are located in apex positions of the Core1, R3 is the ionicgroup [—SO₃]⁻, the number s of the ionic groups R3 is equal to 2, theionic groups are connected to the electro-conductive oligomer (Core2)via a connecting group having following structural formula:

The group R4 is C₁₈H₃₇— resistive substituent located in side (lateral)position of the Core2.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the electro-polarizablecompound has the following general formula (III):

The aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1) is a tetrapirolicmacro-cyclic fragment having the following structural formula:

In this example, there are two dopant groups so m is equal to 2. The twodopant groups —NH₂ and —NO₂ are located on opposite apex positions ofthe Core1, the electro-conductive oligomer (Core2) has followingstructural formula, wherein I=2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12:

The number n of the electro-conductive oligomers is equal to 2 and thetwo Core2 are located in apex positions of the Core1, R3 is the ionicgroup COO⁻, number s of the ionic groups R3 is equal to 2, the ionicgroups are connected to the electro-conductive oligomer (Core2) via aconnecting group having following structural formula:

The group R4 is (C₁-C₂₀)alkyl-resistive substituent located in side(lateral) position of the Core2.

In another embodiment of the electro-polarizable compound, a fragmentcomprising the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1), dopantgroups (R1) and/or resistive substituents providing solubility of theorganic compound in a solvent and electrically insulating thecolumn-like supramolecules from each other (R4) is selected fromstructures 46 to 97 as given in Table 6.

TABLE 6 Examples of the fragment comprising the aromatic polycyclicconjugated molecule (Core1)

46

47

48

49

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

58

59

60

61

62

63

64

65

66

67

68

69

70

71

72

73

74

75

76

77

78

79

80

81

82

83

84

85

86

87

88

89

90

91

92

93

94

95

96

97

In yet another embodiment of the electro-polarizable compound, afragment comprising the electro-conductive oligomer (Core2), resistivesubstituents providing solubility of the organic compound in a solventand electrically insulating the column-like supramolecules from eachother (R4) and/or the ionic groups R3 is selected from structures 98 to107 as given in Table 7:

TABLE 7 Examples of the fragment comprising the electro-conductiveoligomer (Core2)

98

99

100

101

102

103

104

105

106

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In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a polarization (α) of theelectro-polarizable compound comprises first-order (α⁽¹⁾) andsecond-order (α⁽²⁾) polarization according to follow formula:α=α⁽¹⁾+α⁽²⁾·E, where E is an intensity of external electric field.

In one aspect, the present disclosure provides the organic solventcomprising the disclosed electro-polarizable compound. In one embodimentof the present disclose, the solution comprises a mixture of differentelectro-polarizable compounds. In another embodiment of the disclosedorganic solvent, the mixture of the electro-polarizable compoundscomprises the rylene fragments of different length. In one embodiment ofdisclosed organic solvent, the organic solvent is selected from the listcomprising ketones, carboxylic acids, hydrocarbons, cyclic hydrocarbons,chlorohydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers, esters, and any combinationthereof. In another embodiment of disclosed organic solvent, the organicsolvent is selected from the list comprising acetone, xylene, toluene,ethanol, methylcyclohexane, ethyl acetate, diethyl ether, octane,chloroform, methylene chloride, dichloroethane, trichloroethene,tetrachloroethene, carbon tetrachloride, 1,4-dioxane, tetrahydrofuran,pyridine, triethylamine, nitromethane, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide,dimethyl sulfoxide, and any combination thereof. In yet anotherembodiment of disclose, the solution is a lyotropic liquid crystalsolution.

In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a crystalmetadielectric layer comprising at least one type of the disclosedelectro-polarizable compounds. The crystal metadielectric layers areproduced from the disclosed organic compound by the CascadeCrystallization.

Cascade Crystallization process involves a chemical modification stepand four steps of ordering during the crystal metadielectric layerformation. The chemical modification step introduces hydrophilic groupson the periphery of the molecule of the disclosed organic compound inorder to impart amphiphilic properties to the molecule. Amphiphilicmolecules stack together into supramolecules, which is the first step ofordering. At certain concentration, supramolecules are converted into aliquid-crystalline state to form a lyotropic liquid crystal, which isthe second step of ordering. The lyotropic liquid crystal is depositedunder the action of a shear force (or meniscus force) onto a substratebased on a Mayer Rod shearing technique, so that shear force (or themeniscus) direction determines the crystal axis direction in theresulting solid crystal layer. The external alignment upon the lyotropicliquid crystal can be produced using any other means, for example byapplying an external electric field at normal or elevated temperature,with or without additional illumination, magnetic field, or opticalfield (e.g., coherent photovoltaic effect); the degree of the externalalignment should be sufficient to impart necessary orientation to thesupramolecules of the lyotropic liquid crystal and form a structure,which serves as a base of the crystal lattice of the crystal dielectriclayer. This directional deposition is third step of ordering,representing the global ordering of the crystalline or polycrystallinestructure on the substrate surface. The last fourth step of the CascadeCrystallization process is drying/crystallization, which converts thelyotropic liquid crystal into a solid crystal dielectric layer. The termCascade Crystallization process is used to refer to the chemicalmodification and four ordering steps as a combination process.

The Cascade Crystallization process is used for production of thincrystalline metadielectric layers. The dielectric layer produced by theCascade Crystallization process has a global order which means that adirection of the crystallographic axis of the layer over the entiresubstrate surface is controlled by the deposition process. Molecules ofthe deposited material are packed into supramolecules with a limitedfreedom of diffusion or motion. The thin crystalline dielectric layer ischaracterized by an interplanar spacing of 3.4±0.3 Ångstroms (Å) in thedirection of one of the optical axes.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the crystal metadielectriclayer comprises the column-like supramolecules formed by theelectro-polarizable compounds comprising the rylene fragments ofdifferent length. The variety of the rylene fragment lengths increasesthe randomness of the stack. In one embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the layer's relative permittivity is greater than or equalto 1000. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, thepolarization (P) of the crystal metadielectric layer comprisesfirst-order (ε₍₁₎) and second-order (ε₍₂₎) and third order (ε₍₃₎)permittivities according to the following formula:

P=ε ₀(ε₁−1)E+ε ₀ε₂ E ²+ε₀ε₃ E ³+ . . .

where P is the polarization of the material, which also can berepresented by the following formula:

P=NP_(induced)

where P_(induced) is the induced polarization which can be expressed bythe formula:

P _(induced) =αE _(loc) +βE _(loc) ² +γE _(loc) ³+ . . .

where E_(loc) is the localized field and is expressed by the formula:

E _(loc) =E+P/(3ε₀)

The real part of the relative permittivity (ε′) as can be seen from theabove equations, also comprises first, second, and third orderpermittivities. Further, permittivity of a capacitor is a function ofapplied voltage and thickness of the capacitor's dielectric (d). Wherevoltage is the DC-voltage which is applied to the crystal metadielectriclayer, and d is the layer thickness. In another embodiment of thepresent invention, the layer's resistivity is greater than or equal to10¹³ ohm/cm.

The present disclosure provides the meta-capacitor comprising two metalelectrodes positioned parallel to each other and which can be rolled orflat and planar and metadielectric layer between said electrodes. Thelayer comprises the electro-polarizable compounds as disclosed above.

The meta-capacitor comprises a first electrode 1, a second electrode 2,and a metadielectric layer 3 disposed between said first and secondelectrodes as shown in FIG. 1A. The electrodes 1 and 2 may be made of ametal, such as copper, zinc, or aluminum or other conductive materialsuch as graphite or carbon nanomaterials and are generally planar inshape.

The electrodes 1, 2 may be flat and planar and positioned parallel toeach other. Alternatively, the electrodes may be planar and parallel,but not necessarily flat, they may be coiled, rolled, bent, folded, orotherwise shaped to reduce the overall form factor of the capacitor. Itis also possible for the electrodes to be non-flat, non-planar, ornon-parallel or some combination of two or more of these. By way ofexample and not by way of limitation, a spacing d between the electrodes1 and 2 may range from about 100 nm to about 10 000 The maximum voltageV_(bd) between the electrodes 1 and 2 is approximately the product ofthe breakdown field E_(bd) and the electrode spacing d. If E_(bd)=0.1V/nm and the spacing d between the electrodes 1 and 2 is 10,000 microns(100,000 nm), the maximum voltage V_(bd) would be 100,000 volts.

The electrodes 1 and 2 may have the same shape as each other, the samedimensions, and the same area A. By way of example, and not by way oflimitation, the area A of each electrode 1 and 2 may range from about0.01 m² to about 1000 m². By way of example and not by way of limitationfor rolled capacitors, electrodes up to, e.g., 1000 m long and 1 m wide.

These ranges are non-limiting. Other ranges of the electrode spacing dand area A are within the scope of the aspects of the presentdisclosure.

If the spacing d is small compared to the characteristic lineardimensions of electrodes (e.g., length and/or width), the capacitance Cof the capacitor may be approximated by the formula:

C=εε _(o) A/d,   (V)

where ε_(o) is the permittivity of free space (8.85×10⁻¹²Coulombs²/(Newton˜meter²)) and ε is the dielectric constant of thedielectric layer. The energy storage capacity U of the capacitor may beapproximated as:

U=½ εε_(O) AE _(bd) ²   (VI)

The energy storage capacity U is determined by the dielectric constantE, the area A, and the breakdown field E_(bd). By appropriateengineering, a capacitor or capacitor bank may be designed to have anydesired energy storage capacity U. By way of example, and not by way oflimitation, given the above ranges for the dielectric constant E,electrode area A, and breakdown field E_(bd) a capacitor in accordancewith aspects of the present disclosure may have an energy storagecapacity U ranging from about 500 Joules to about 2.10¹⁶ Joules.

For a dielectric constant E ranging, e.g., from about 100 to about1,000,000 and constant breakdown field E_(bd) between, e.g., about 0.1and 0.5 V/nm, a capacitor of the type described herein may have aspecific energy capacity per unit mass ranging from about 10 W·h/kg upto about 100,000 W·h/kg, though implementations are not so limited.

The present disclosure includes meta-capacitors that are coiled, e.g.,as depicted in FIG. 1B. In this example, a meta-capacitor 20 comprises afirst electrode 21, a second electrode 22, and a metadielectric materiallayer 23 of the type described hereinabove disposed between said firstand second electrodes. The electrodes 21 and 22 may be made of a metal,such as copper, zinc, or aluminum or other conductive material such asgraphite or carbon nanomaterials and are generally planar in shape. Inone implementation, the electrodes and metadielectric material layer 23are in the form of long strips of material that are sandwiched togetherand wound into a coil along with an insulating material, e.g., a plasticfilm such as polypropylene or polyester to prevent electrical shortingbetween the electrodes 21 and 22.

In order that the invention may be more readily understood, reference ismade to the following examples, which are intended to be illustrative ofthe invention, but are not intended to limit the scope.

EXAMPLE 1

Procedure:

To H₂O (10.0 mL) was added NaHCO₃ (1.7 g, 20.2 mmol, 30 g/mol equiv.)and NaBr (280.0 mg, 2.7 mmol, 5 g/mol equiv.). The mixture was stirredto form a clear solution. Compound 1 (20 g, 56.4 mmol, 1 equiv.) inDichloromethane (DCM) (70 mL) and tempo (340.0 mg, 0.6 g/mol) were addedto the clear solution. The two-phase mixture was cooled down to 10° C.using an ice bath. The NaClO solution (70.5 mL, 0.8 N, 1 equiv.) wasadded dropwise with vigorous stirring. After the NaClO solution wasadded, the mixture was removed from the ice bath and stirred at roomtemperature for 30 min. The DCM phase was collected, extracted with DCM(25 mL×2), combined with organic phase, washed with water and brine,dried over MgSO₄, and was concentrated to give compound 2 18 g (90%) asa colorless oil. ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) not available.

To DCM (500 mL) was added PPh₃ (154.0 g, 587 mmol, 4 equiv.) under N₂atmosphere. To the suspension was added CBr₄ (97.3 g, 294 mmol, 2equiv.) at 0° C. The mixture was stirred for 15 min at 0° C. and 20 minat room temperature. Freshly made compound 2 (51.4 g, 146 mmol, 1.0equiv.) in DCM (150 mL) was added dropwise to the mixture. The mixturewas stirred at room temperature for 6 hrs. Hexanes (1 L) was added. Thesolid was filtered off. The filtrate was concentrated. The residue wasseparated through a column to afford compound 3 57.0 g (79% in 2 steps)as colorless oil. ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 0.88 (t, 6H), 1.26 (m, 28H),2.35 (m, 1H), 6.10 (d, 1H).

To anhydrous Tetrahydrofuran (THF) (250 mL) was added compound 3 (57.0g, 115 mmol, 1 equiv.). The mixture was cooled down to −78° C. underN₂-atmoshpere. n-BuLi (138 mL, 2.5 M, 3 equiv.) was added dropwise tothe mixture. The mixture was stirred for 2 hours, then was quenched withwater (200 mL). The organic phase was collected. The water phase wasextracted with EA (50 mL×2). The organic phases were combined, washedwith water and brine, dried over MgSO₄ and concentrated to afford crudecompound 4 37.1 g(100%) as colorless oil. ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 0.88(t, 6H), 1.26 (m, 28H), 2.30 (m, 1H), 2.03 (s, 1H).

To EtOH (40.0 mL) was added compound 6 (4.2 g, 23.0 mmol, 1.0 equiv.),AgSO₄ (10.0 g, 32.1 mmol, 1.4 equiv.) and I₂ (8.2 g, 32.1 mmol, 1.4equiv.). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hrs. Solidmaterial was filtered off and washed with ethyl acetate (EA), and thefiltrate was concentrated. The residue was separated through a column toafford compound 7 5.4 g (77%) as a dark yellow solid. ¹H NMR (300 MHz,CDCl₃) not available.

Scale up: To Ethanol (EtOH) (1000.0 mL) was added compound 6 (100.0 g,547.6 mmol, 1.0 equiv.), AgSO₄ (238.0 g, 764.3 mmol, 1.4 equiv.) and I₂(195.2 g, 764.3 mmol, 1.4 equiv.). The mixture was stirred at roomtemperature for 18 hrs. Solid material was filtered off and washed withEA (200 mL×2). The filtrate was concentrated until ⅓ of the filtratevolume remained. The solid was filtered and washed by cold EtOH (100mL×2) to provide compound 7 43 g as dark yellow solid with less than 5%starting material 6 inside. The filtrate was concentrated and the abovedescribed procedure was repeated with 0.7 equiv. of AgSO₄ and I₂. Thesame working up process was applied to resulting second batch ofcompound 7 30 g as dark yellow solid with less than 5% starting material6 inside. The solids were combined to afford compound 7 73 g (43.4%). ¹HNMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) not available. Reaction was tracked by TLC.

To anhydrous THF (10.0 mL) and tri-ethyl amine (10.0 mL) was addedcompound 4 (7.4 g, 21.2 mmol, 1.2 equiv.), compound 7 (5.2 g, 16.7 mmol,1.0 equiv.), Pd(dppf)Cl₂ (0.05 g, 0.08 mmol, 0.02 equiv.), CuI (0.02 g,0.1 mmol, 0.04 equiv.). The mixture was degassed under vacuum and purgedwith N₂ three times. The reaction was stirred at 70° C. for 8.0 hours.The mixture was cooled down to room temperature and EA (10 mL) was addedto dilute. The solid was filtered off and the filtrate was concentrated,then separated with a column to afford compound 5 7.5 g (84%) as ayellow solid. ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃)) δ 7.99 (s, 2H), 2.45 (m, 1H),1.26-1.55 (m, 40H), 0.87 (t, 6H).

To EtOH (20.0 mL) was added compound 5 (7.5 g, 14.1 mmol, 1.0 equiv.)and ammonium sulfide (8.6 g 20% water solution, 28.2 mmol, 2.0 equiv.).The mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 1 hour. 2.0 equivalents ofammonium sulfide were added again. The mixture was stirred at 80° C. foran additional 1 hour. The mixture was concentrated, diluted with EA, andwashed with water and brine. The organic phase was collected,concentrated and separated through a column to give product 8 6.1 g(87%) as a dark red solid. ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 7.81 (s, 1H), 6.94(s, 1H), 2.45 (m, 1H), 1.26-1.46 (m, 40H), 0.87 (t, 6H).

To a 25 mL flask was added compound 8 (1 equiv.), 4-bromo-1,8-naphthalicanhydride (1 equiv.) and imidazole (70 equiv.). The mixture was degassedunder vacuum and purged with N₂ three times. The reaction was stirred at130° C. for 3 hours and 180° C. for 12 more hours. The dark purplemixture was cooled down. The solid was washed with water (3×60 mL) andEtOH (3×60 mL), and vacuum dried to give 9.

To EtOH (20.0 mL) was added compound 9 (1.0 equiv.) and ammonium sulfide(2.0 equiv.). The mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 1 hour. 2.0equivalents of ammonium sulfide were added again. The mixture wasstirred at 80° C. for an additional 1 hour. The mixture wasconcentrated, diluted with EA, washed with water and brine, and dried togive 10.

A deaerated mixture of 9 (2.0 mmol), boronic acid dimer (2.0 mmol), andPd(Ph)₄ (4·10−2 mmol) in aq. Na2CO3 (1.4 M, 15 ml) was held at 65° C.for 9 hours. Thereafter, the reaction mixture was cooled and extractedwith chloroform (3×15 ml). The organic phase was dried over anhydrousMgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo to give 11.

A deaerated mixture of 10 (2.0 mmol), 11 (2.0 mmol), and Pd(Ph)₄ (4·10−2mmol) in aq. Na2CO3 (1.4 M, 15 ml) was held at 65° C. for 9 hours.Thereafter, the reaction mixture was cooled and extracted withchloroform (3×15 ml). The organic phase was dried over anhydrous MgSO4and concentrated in vacuo to give 12.

A mixture of 1.48 g (13 mmol) potassium tert-butoxide 2.30 g (15.1 mmol)of diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU), 2.2 g 36.3 mmol) ethanolamineand 1.0 g of 12 was heated to 140° C. for 11 hours. Afterwards, the sameamount of potassium tert-butylat, DBU and ethanolamine were added andthe mixture was kept at 140° C. for 18 hours. The reaction mixture wascooled to room temperature, poured into 250 ml of 1M HCl filtered,washed until neutral pH and then dried to give the final product.

EXAMPLE 2

Procedure:

To EtOH (40.0 mL) was added compound 6 (4.2 g, 23.0 mmol, 1.0 equiv.),AgSO₄ (10.0 g, 32.1 mmol, 1.4 equiv.) and I₂ (8.2 g, 32.1 mmol, 1.4equiv.). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hrs. Thesolid was filtered off and washed with EA. The filtrate wasconcentrated. The residue was separated through a column to affordcompound 7 5.4 g (77%) as a dark yellow solid. ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃)not available.

Scale up: To EtOH (1000.0 mL) was added compound 6 (100.0 g, 547.6 mmol,1.0 equiv.), AgSO₄ (238.0 g, 764.3 mmol, 1.4 equiv.) and I₂ (195.2 g,764.3 mmol, 1.4 equiv.). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for18 hours. The solid was filtered off and washed with EA (200 mL×2). Thefiltrate was concentrated until ⅓ of the filtrate volume remained. Thesolid was filtered and washed by cold EtOH (100 mL×2) to providecompound 7 43 g as dark yellow solid with less than 5% starting material6 inside. The filtrate was concentrated and the above-describedprocedure was repeated with 0.7 equiv. of AgSO₄ and I₂. The same workingup process was applied to provided second batch of compound 7 30 g asdark yellow solid with less than 5% starting material 6 inside. Thesolids were combined to afford compound 7 73 g (43.4%). ¹H NMR (300 MHz,CDCl₃) not available. Reaction was tracked by TLC.

To anhydrous THF (10.0 mL) and TEA (10.0 mL) was added compounddidodecylamine (1.2 equiv.), compound 7 (1.0 equiv.), Pd(dppf)Cl₂ (0.02equiv.), CuI (0.04 equiv.). The mixture was degassed under vacuum andpurged with N₂ three times. The reaction was stirred at 70° C. for 8.0hrs. The mixture was cooled down and EA (10 mL) was added to dilute. Thesolid was filtered off and the filtrate was concentrated, then separatedwith a column to afford compound 15.

To EtOH (20.0 mL) was added compound 15 (7.5 g, 14.1 mmol, 1.0 equiv.)and ammonium sulfide (8.6 g 20% water solution, 28.2 mmol, 2.0 equiv.).The mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 1 hour. 2.0 equivalents ofammonium sulfide were added again. The mixture was stirred 80° C. for anadditional 1 hour. The mixture was concentrated, diluted with EA, washedwith water and brine. The organic phase was collected, concentrated andseparated through a column to give product 16.

To a 25 mL flask was added compound 16 (1 equiv.),4-bromo-1,8-naphthalic anhydride (1 equiv.) and imidazole (70 equiv.).The mixture was degassed under vacuum and purged with N₂ three times.The reaction was stirred at 130° C. for 3 hours and 180° C. for 12 morehours. The dark purple mixture was cooled down. The solid was washedwith water (3×60 mL) and EtOH (3×60 mL), and vacuum dried to give 17.

To EtOH (20.0 mL) was added compound 17 (1.0 equiv.) and ammoniumsulfide (2.0 equiv.). The mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 1 hour.Refilled 2.0 equiv. ammonium sulfide. The mixture was stirred at 80° C.for an additional 1 hour. The mixture was concentrated, diluted with EA,washed with water and brine, and dried to give 18.

A deaerated mixture of 17 (2.0 mmol), boronic acid dimer (2.0 mmol), andPd(Ph)₄ (4·10−2 mmol) in aq. Na2CO3 (1.4 M, 15 ml) was held at 65° C.for 9 hours. Thereafter, the reaction mixture was cooled and extractedwith chloroform (3×15 ml). The organic phase was dried over anhydrousMgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo to give 18.

A deaerated mixture of 17 (2.0 mmol), 18 (2.0 mmol), and Pd(Ph)₄ (4·10−2mmol) in aq. Na2CO3 (1.4 M, 15 ml) was held at 65° C. for 9 hours.Thereafter, the reaction mixture was cooled and extracted withchloroform (3×15 ml). The organic phase was dried over anhydrous MgSO4and concentrated in vacuo to give 19.

A mixture of 1.48 g (13 mmol) potassium tert-butoxide 2.30 g (15.1 mmol)of diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU), 2.2 g 36.3 mmol) ethanolamineand 1.0 g of 19 was heated to 140° C. for 11 hours. Afterwards, the sameamount of potassium tert-butylat, DBU and ethanolamine were added andthe mixture was kept at 140° C. for 18 hours. The reaction mixture wascooled to room temperature, poured into 250 ml of 1M HCl, filtered,washed until neutral pH and then dried to give the final product.

EXAMPLE 3

Procedure:

To H₂O (10.0 mL) was added NaHCO₃ (1.7 g, 20.2 mmol, 30 g/mol equiv.)and NaBr (280.0 mg, 2.7 mmol, 5 g/mol equiv.). The mixture was stirredto form a clear solution. Compound 1 (20 g, 56.4 mmol, 1 equiv.) in DCM(70 mL) and tempo (340.0 mg, 0.6 g/mol) were added to the clearsolution. The two-phase mixture was cooled down to 10° C. using an icebath. The NaClO solution (70.5 mL, 0.8 N, 1 equiv.) was added drop-wisewith vigorous stirring. After addition, the NcClO mixture was removedfrom the ice bath and kept stirred at room temperature for 30 min. TheDCM phase was collected, extracted with DCM (25 mL×2), combined withorganic phase, washed with water and brine, dried over MgSO₄, and wasconcentrated to give compound 2 18 g (90%) as a colorless oil. ¹HNMR(300 MHz, CDCl₃) not available.

To DCM (500 mL) was added PPh₃ (154.0 g, 587 mmol, 4 equiv.) underN₂-atmosphere. To the suspension was added CBr₄ (97.3 g, 294 mmol, 2equiv.) at 0° C. The mixture was stirred for 15 min at 0° C. and 20 minat rt. Freshly made compound 2 (51.4 g, 146 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) in DCM(150 mL) was added dropwise. The mixture was stirred at room temperaturefor 6 hrs. Hexanes (1 L) was added. The solid was filtered off. Thefiltrate was concentrated. The residue was separated through a column toafford compound 3 57.0 g (79% in 2 steps) as colorless oil. ¹H NMR (300MHz, CDCl₃) δ 0.88 (t, 6H), 1.26 (m, 28H), 2.35 (m, 1H), 6.10 (d, 1H).

To anhydrous THF (250 mL) was added compound 3 (57.0 g, 115 mmol, 1equiv.). The mixture was cooled down to −78° C. under N₂-atmosphere.n-BuLi (138 mL, 2.5 M, 3 equiv.) was added dropwise. The mixture wasstirred for 2 hours, then was quenched with water (200 mL). The organicphase was collected. The water phase was extracted with EA (50 mL×2).The organic phases were combined, washed with water and brine, driedover MgSO₄ and concentrated to afford crude compound 4 37.1 g(100%) ascolorless oil. ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 0.88 (t, 6H), 1.26 (m, 28H),2.30 (m, 1H), 2.03 (s, 1H).

To EtOH (40.0 mL) was added compound 6 (4.2 g, 23.0 mmol, 1.0 equiv.),AgSO₄ (10.0 g, 32.1 mmol, 1.4 equiv.) and I₂ (8.2 g, 32.1 mmol, 1.4equiv.). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hrs. Solidmaterial was filtered and washed with EA. The filtrate was concentrated.The residue was separated through a column to afford compound 7 5.4 g(77%) as a dark yellow solid. ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) not available.

Scale up: To EtOH (1000.0 mL) was added compound 6 (100.0 g, 547.6 mmol,1.0 equiv.), AgSO₄ (238.0 g, 764.3 mmol, 1.4 equiv.) and I₂ (195.2 g,764.3 mmol, 1.4 equiv.). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for18 hrs. The solid material was filtered, washed with EA (200 mL×2). Thefiltrate was concentrated till ⅓ volume. The solid was filtered andwashed by cold EtOH (100 mL×2) to provide compound 7 43 g as dark yellowsolid with less than 5% starting material 6 inside. The filtrate wasconcentrated and the above-described procedure was repeated with 0.7equivalent of AgSO₄ and I₂. The same working up process was applied toprovide second batch of compound 7 30 g as dark yellow solid with lessthan 5% starting material 6 inside. The solids were combined to affordcompound 7 73 g (43.4%). ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) not available. Reactionwas tracked by TLC.

To anhydrous THF (10.0 mL) and TEA (10.0 mL) was added compound 4 (7.4g, 21.2 mmol, 1.2 equiv.), compound 7 (5.2 g, 16.7 mmol, 1.0 equiv.),Pd(dppf)Cl₂ (0.05 g, 0.08 mmol, 0.02 equiv.), CuI (0.02 g, 0.1 mmol,0.04 equiv.). The mixture was degassed under vacuum and purged with N₂three times. The reaction was stirred at 70° C. for 8.0 hours. Themixture was cooled down and EA (10 mL) was added to dilute. The solidwas filtered off and the filtrate was concentrated, then separated witha column to afford compound 5 7.5 g (84%) as a yellow solid. ¹H NMR (300MHz, CDCl₃) δ 7.99 (s, 2H), 2.45 (m, 1H), 1.26-1.55 (m, 40H), 0.87 (t,6H).

To EtOH (20.0 mL) was added compound 5 (7.5 g, 14.1 mmol, 1.0 equiv.)and ammonium sulfide (8.6 g 20% water solution, 28.2 mmol, 2.0 equiv.).The mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 1 hour. 2.0 equivalents ofammonium sulfide were added again. The mixture was stirred at 80° C. foran additional 1 hour. The mixture was concentrated, diluted with EA,washed with water and brine. The organic phase was collected,concentrated and separated through a column to give product 8 6.1 g(87%) as a dark red solid. ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 7.81 (s, 1H), 6.94(s, 1H), 2.45 (m, 1H), 1.26-1.46 (m, 40H), 0.87 (t, 6H).

To a 25 mL flask was added compound 8 (5.1 g, 10.2 mmol, 2.2 equiv.),3,4-perylene anhydride (4.6 mmol, 1 equiv.) and imidazole (21 g, 324.5mmol, 70 equiv.). The mixture was degassed under vacuum and purged withN₂ three times. The reaction was stirred at 130° C. for 3 hours and 180°C. for 12 more hours. The dark purple mixture was cooled down. The solidwas washed with water (3×60 mL) and EtOH (3×60 mL), and vacuum dried togive 13.

To EtOH (20.0 mL) was added compound 13 (14.1 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) andammonium sulfide (28.2 mmol, 2.0 equiv.). The mixture was stirred at 80°C. for 1 hr. Refilled 2.0 equiv. ammonium sulfide. Stirring continued at80° C. for 1 hr. The mixture was concentrated, diluted with EA, washedwith water and brine, and dried to give 14.

A mixture of 1.48 g (13 mmol) potassium tert-butoxide, 2.30 g (15.1mmol) of diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) 36.3 mmol) ethanolamineand 1.0 equiv.uiv. of 13 and 1.0 equiv.uiv. of 14 was heated to 140° C.for 11 h. Afterwards, the same amount of potassium tert-butylate, DBUand ethanolamine were added and the mixture was kept at 140° C. for 18hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, poured into250 ml of 1M HCl filtered, washed until neutral pH and then dried togive the final product as a mixture of isomers.

EXAMPLE 4

Procedure:

To H₂O (10.0 mL) was added NaHCO₃ (1.7 g, 20.2 mmol, 30 g/mol eq) andNaBr (280.0 mg, 2.7 mmol, 5 g/mol eq). The mixture was stirred to form aclear solution. Compound 1 (20 g, 56.4 mmol, 1 eq) in DCM (70 mL) andtempo (340.0 mg, 0.6 g/mol) were added to the clear solution. Thetwo-phase mixture was cooled down to 10° C. The NaClO solution (70.5 mL,0.8 N, 1 eq) was added dropwise with vigorously stirring. Afteraddition, removed ice bath and kept stirring at room temperature for 30min. The DCM phase was collected, extracted with DCM (25 mL×2), combinedwith organic phase, washed with water and brine, dried over MgSO₄, andwas concentrated to give compound 2 18 g (90%) as a colorless oil. ¹HNMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) not available.

To DCM (500 mL) was added PPh₃ (154.0 g, 587 mmol, 4 eq) underN₂-atmosphere. To the suspension was added CBr₄ (97.3 g, 294 mmol, 2 eq)at 0° C. The mixture was stirred for 15 min at 0° C. and 20 min at roomtemperature. Freshly made compound 2 (51.4 g, 146 mmol, 1.0 eq) in DCM(150 mL) was added dropwise. The mixture was stirred at room temperaturefor 6 hours. Hexanes (1 L) was added. The solid was filtered off. Thefiltrate was concentrated. The residue was separated through a column toafford compound 3 57.0 g (79% in 2 steps) as colorless oil. ¹H NMR (300MHz, CDCl₃) δ 0.88 (t, 6H), 1.26 (m, 28H), 2.35 (m, 1H), 6.10 (d, 1H).

To anhydrous THF (250 mL) was added compound 3 (57.0 g, 115 mmol, 1 eq).The mixture was cooled down to −78° C. under N₂-atmosphere. n-BuLi (138mL, 2.5 M, 3 eq) was added dropwise. The mixture was stirred for 2hours, then was quenched with water (200 mL). The organic phase wascollected. The water phase was extracted with EA (50 mL×2). The organicphases were combined, washed with water and brine, dried over MgSO₄ andconcentrated to afford crude compound 4 37.1 g(100%) as colorless oil.¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 0.88 (t, 6H), 1.26 (m, 28H), 2.30 (m, 1H),2.03 (s, 1H).

To EtOH (40.0 mL) was added compound 6 (4.2 g, 23.0 mmol, 1.0 eq), AgSO₄(10.0 g, 32.1 mmol, 1.4 eq) and I₂ (8.2 g, 32.1 mmol, 1.4 eq). Themixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hrs. Filtered off solid.Washed with EA. The filtrate was concentrated. The residue was separatedthrough a column to afford compound 7 5.4 g (77%) as a dark yellowsolid. ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) not available.

Scale up: To EtOH (1000.0 mL) was added compound 6 (100.0 g, 547.6 mmol,1.0 eq), AgSO₄ (238.0 g, 764.3 mmol, 1.4 eq) and I₂ (195.2 g, 764.3mmol, 1.4 eq). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hrs.Filtered off solid. Washed with EA (200 mL×2). The filtrate wasconcentrated till ⅓ volume. The solid was filtered and washed by coldEtOH (100 mL×2) to provide compound 7 43 g as dark yellow solid withless than 5% starting material 6 inside. The filtrate was concentratedand repeated the above procedure with 0.7 eq of AgSO₄ and I₂. The sameworking up process was applied to provided second batch of compound 7 30g as dark yellow solid with less than 5% starting material 6 inside.Combined solids to afford compound 7 73 g (43.4%). ¹H NMR (300 MHz,CDCl₃) not available. Reaction was tracked by TLC.

To anhydrous THF (10.0 mL) and TEA (10.0 mL) was added compound 4 (7.4g, 21.2 mmol, 1.2 eq), compound 7 (5.2 g, 16.7 mmol, 1.0 eq),Pd(dppf)Cl₂ (0.05 g, 0.08 mmol, 0.02 eq), CuI (0.02 g, 0.1 mmol, 0.04eq). The mixture was degassed under vacuum and purged with N₂ threetimes. The reaction was stirred at 70° C. for 8.0 hrs. The mixture wascooled down and EA (10 mL) was added to dilute. Filtered off the solidand concentrated the filtrate, separated with a column to affordcompound 5 7.5 g (84%) as a yellow solid. ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 7.99(s, 2H), 2.45 (m, 1H), 1.26-1.55 (m, 40H), 0.87 (t, 6H).

To EtOH (20.0 mL) was added compound 5 (7.5 g, 14.1 mmol, 1.0 eq) andammonium sulfide (8.6 g 20% water solution, 28.2 mmol, 2.0 eq). Themixture was stirred at 80° C. for 1 hr. Refilled 2.0 eq ammoniumsulfide. Kept stirring at 80° C. for 1 hr. The mixture was concentrated,diluted with EA, washed with water and brine. The organic phase wascollected, concentrated and separated through a column to give product 86.1 g (87%) as a dark red solid. ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 7.81 (s, 1H),6.94 (s, 1H), 2.45 (m, 1H), 1.26-1.46 (m, 40H), 0.87 (t, 6H).

To a 25 mL flask was added compound 8 (5.1 g, 10.2 mmol, 2.2 eq), PDA(1.7 g, 4.6 mmol, 1 eq) and imidazole (21 g, 324.5 mmol, 70 eq). Themixture was degassed under vacuum and purged with N₂ three times. Thereaction was stirred at 130° C. for 3 hours and 180° C. for 12 more hrs.The dark purple mixture was cooled down. The solid was washed with water(3×60 mL) and EtOH (3×60 mL), vacuum dried to give product 9 6.2 g(100%) as a dark purple solid. ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃) not available.

8.0 g of 9 and 16 mL of (cyclohexa-1,5-dien-1-yloxy)trimethylsilane wereadded to a two-neck round bottom flask under nitrogen. The resultantmixture was heated to 120 C in the sealed flask for 20 hrs. The reactionmixture was cooled to room temperature, dissolved in 100 mL DCM, andadded to MeOH (500mL). The precipitated solid material was filtered andwashed with MeOH for 2 times to yield 6.5 g product (9 derivative).

To the solution of 9 intermediate (1.5g) in THF (100 mL), were added 20mL isopropanol and 0.7 mL (NH4)2S solution (20 wt % in water). Theresulting mixture was sealed in the flask and heated to 70C for 2 hrs.The reaction mixture was concentrated by evaporating the solvent andre-taken into dichloromethane; the solution was washed with water for 3times. After the solvent evaporated, the crude product was purified bysilica column chromatography to yield 1.2 g product.

The final step in Example 4 partially reduces the intermediate such thatthe product has a desired nitra-amina-amidine combination. This diaminaD-nitro has a favorable combination of donor and acceptor groups on astackable rylene fragment to achieve hyper-polarizability.

Aspects of the present disclosure provide compounds characterized byhighly nonlinear electric polarizabilitly. Such compounds are useful ashigh dielectric constant metadielectrics for meta-capacitors withextremely high capacitance and extremely high energy storage capacity.

While the above is a complete description of the preferred embodiment ofthe present invention, it is possible to use various alternatives,modifications and equivalents. Therefore, the scope of the presentinvention should be determined not with reference to the abovedescription but should, instead, be determined with reference to theappended claims, along with their full scope of equivalents. Any featuredescribed herein, whether preferred or not, may be combined with anyother feature described herein, whether preferred or not. In the claimsthat follow, the indefinite article “A”, or “An” refers to a quantity ofone or more of the item following the article, except where expresslystated otherwise. As used herein, in a listing of elements in thealternative, the word “or” is used in the logical inclusive sense, e.g.,“X or Y” covers X alone, Y alone, or both X and Y together, except whereexpressly stated otherwise. Two or more elements listed as alternativesmay be combined together. The appended claims are not to be interpretedas including means-plus-function limitations, unless such a limitationis explicitly recited in a given claim using the phrase “means for.”

1. An electro-polarizable compound having the following general formula (I):

where Core1 is an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule having two-dimensional flat form and self-assembling by pi-pi stacking in a column-like supramolecule, R1 is an dopant group connected to the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1), m is number of dopant groups R1 which is equal to 1, 2, 3 or 4, R2 is a substituent comprising one or more ionic groups from a class of ionic compounds that are used in ionic liquids connected to the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1) directly or via a connecting group, p is number of ionic groups R2 which is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; wherein the fragment marked NLE containing the Core1 with at least one dopant group R1 has a nonlinear effect of polarization, wherein Core2 is an electro-conductive oligomer self-assembling by pi-pi stacking in a column-like supramolecule, n is number of the electro-conductive oligomers which is equal to 0, 2, or 4, R3 is a substituent comprising one or more ionic groups from a class of ionic compounds that are used in ionic liquids connected to the electro-conductive oligomer (Core2) directly or via a connecting group, s is number of the ionic groups R3 which is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; wherein R4 is a resistive substituent providing solubility of the organic compound in a solvent and electrically insulating the column-like supramolecules from each other, k is a number of substituents R4 which is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or
 8. 2. The electro-polarizable compound of claim 1, wherein the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1) comprises rylene fragments.
 3. The composite organic compound of claim 2, wherein the rylene fragments are selected from structures 1 to 12:


4. The electro-polarizable compound according to claim 1, wherein the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1) is tetrapirolic macro-cyclic fragment.
 5. The electro-polarizable compound according to claim 4, wherein the tetrapirolic macro-cyclic fragments have a general structural formula from the group comprising structures 13-19, where M denotes an atom of metal or two protons (2H):


6. The electro-polarizable compound according to claim 1, wherein the dopant group (R1) is selected from nucleophilic groups (donors) and electrophilic groups (acceptors).
 7. The electro-polarizable compound according to claim 6, wherein the electrophilic groups (acceptors) are selected from —NO₂, —NH₃ ⁺ and —NR₃ ⁺ (quaternary nitrogen salts), counterion Cl⁻ or Br⁻, —CHO (aldehyde), —CRO (keto group), —SO₃H (sulfonic acids), —SO₃R (sulfonates), SO₂NH₂ (sulfonamides), —COOH (carboxylic acid), —COOR (esters, from carboxylic acid side), —COCl (carboxylic acid chlorides), —CONH₂ (amides, from carboxylic acid side), —CF₃, —CCl₃, —CN, wherein R is radical selected from the list comprising alkyl (methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, tent-butyl, neopentyl, cyclohexyl etc.), allyl (—CH₂—CH═CH₂), benzyl (—CH₂C₆H₅) groups, phenyl (+substituted phenyl) and other aryl (aromatic) groups.
 8. An electro-polarizable compound according to claim 6, wherein the nucleophilic groups (donors) are selected from —O⁻ (phenoxides, like —ONa or —OK), —NH₂, —NHR, NR₂, —OH, OR (ethers), —NHCOR (amides, from amine side), —OCOR (esters, from alcohol side), alkyls, —C₆H₅, vinyls, wherein R is radical selected from the list comprising alkyl (methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, tent-butyl, neopentyl, cyclohexyl etc.), allyl (—CH2-CH═CH2), benzyl (—CH2C6H5) groups, phenyl (+substituted phenyl) and other aryl (aromatic) groups.
 9. The electro-polarizable compound according to claim 1, wherein the electro-conductive oligomer (Core2) is selected from the structures 20 to 28 wherein I=2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12, Z is ═O, ═S or ═NR5, and R5 is selected from the group consisting of unsubstituted or substituted C₁-C₁₈ alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted C₂-C₁₈ alkenyl, unsubstituted or substituted C₂-C₁₈ alkynyl, and unsubstituted or substituted C₄-C₁₈ aryl.


10. The electro-polarizable compound according to claim 1, wherein at least one ionic group R2 or R3 is independently selected from the list comprising [NR₄]⁺, [PR₄]⁺ as cation and [—CO₂]⁻, [—SO₃]⁻, [—SR₅]⁻, [—PO₃R]⁻, [—PR₅]⁻ as anion, wherein R is selected from the list comprising H, alkyl, and fluorine.
 11. The electro-polarizable compound according to claim 1, wherein the at least one connecting group is selected from the list comprising the following structures: 29-39, where W is hydrogen (H) or an alkyl group:


12. The electro-polarizable compound according to claim 1, wherein the at least one connecting group is selected from the group of CH₂, CF₂, SiR₂O, CH₂CH₂O, wherein R is selected from the list comprising H, alkyl, and fluorine.
 13. The electro-polarizable compound according to claim 1, wherein the at least one connecting group is selected from structures 40 to 45:


14. The electro-polarizable compound according to claim 1, wherein the resistive substituent R4 is selected from the group of alkyl, aryl, substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, fluorinated alkyl, chlorinated alkyl, branched and complex alkyl, branched and complex fluorinated alkyl, branched and complex chlorinated alkyl groups, and any combination thereof, and wherein the alkyl group is selected from methyl, ethyl, propyl, n-butyl, iso-butyl and tert-butyl groups, and the aryl group is selected from phenyl, benzyl and naphthyl groups or siloxane, and/or polyethyleneglycol as linear or branched chains.
 15. The electro-polarizable compound according to claim 1, wherein the resistive substituent R4 is C_(X)Q_(2X+1), where X≧1 and Q is hydrogen (H), fluorine (F), or chlorine (Cl).
 16. The electro-polarizable compound of claim 1, wherein the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1) and the dopant groups (R1) form a non-centrosymmetric molecular structure.
 17. The electro-polarizable compound of claim 1, wherein the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1), the dopant groups (R1) and the resistive substituents (R4) form a non-centrosymmetric molecular structure.
 18. A electro-polarizable compound of claim 1 having the following general formula (II):

wherein the Core1 is rylene fragment having following structural formula:

wherein two (m is equal to 2) dopant groups —NH₂ and —NO₂ are located on rylene phenyl rings and/or apex phenyl ring positions of the Core1, wherein the Core2 is the electro-conductive oligomer having following structural formula:

wherein I=2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12, number n of the electro-conductive oligomers is equal to 0 or 2 and the two Core2's are located in apex positions of the Core1, wherein R3 is the ionic group [—SO₃]⁻, number s of the ionic groups R3 is equal to 2, wherein the ionic groups are connected to the electro-conductive oligomer (Core2) via a connecting group having following structural formula:

wherein R4 is C₁₈H₃₇ is a resistive substituent located on the terminus positions of Core2 or apex phenyl rings of Core
 1. 19. A electro-polarizable compound of claim 1 having the following general formula:

wherein the Core1 is tetrapirolic macro-cyclic fragments having following structural formula:

wherein the Core1 comprises two (m is equal to 2) dopant groups —NH₂ and —NO₂ located on opposite apex phenyl ring positions of the Core1, wherein the Core2 is the electro-conductive oligomer having following structural formula:

wherein I=2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12, number n of the electro-conductive oligomers is equal to 0 or 2 and the two Core2 are located in apex positions of the Core1, wherein R3 is the ionic group COO⁻, number s of the ionic groups R3 is equal to 2, wherein the ionic groups are connected to the electro-conductive oligomer (Core2) via a connecting group having following structural formula:

wherein R4 is (C₁-C₂₀) alkyl-resistive substituents located on apex phenyl ring positions of the Core2 groups, or on outer rings of Core1 when n is equal to
 0. 20. An electro-polarizable compound of claim 1, wherein a fragment comprising the aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule (Core1), dopant groups (R1) and resistive substituents providing solubility of the organic compound in a solvent and electrically insulating the column-like supramolecules from each other (R4) is selected from structures 46 to 97:


21. A electro-polarizable compound of claim 1, wherein its fragment comprising the electro-conductive oligomer (Core1), resistive substituents providing solubility of the organic compound in a solvent and electrically insulating the column-like supramolecules from each other (R4) and/or the ionic groups R3 is selected from structures 98 to 136:


22. The electro-polarizable compound of claim 1, wherein its polarization (α) comprises first-order (α⁽¹⁾) and second-order (α⁽²⁾) polarization according to follow formula: α=α⁽¹⁾+α⁽²⁾ ·E, where E is an intensity of external electric field.
 23. A solution comprising an organic solvent and at least one type of electro-polarizable compound according to claim
 1. 24. The solution according to claim 23, comprising a mixture of different electro-polarizable compounds.
 25. The solution according to claim 23, wherein the mixture of the electro-polarizable compounds comprises rylene fragments of different length.
 26. The solution according to claim 23, wherein the organic solvent is selected from the list comprising ketones, carboxylic acids, hydrocarbons, cyclic hydrocarbons, chlorohydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers, esters, and any combination thereof.
 27. The solution according to claim 23, wherein the organic solvent is selected from the list comprising acetone, xylene, toluene, ethanol, methylcyclohexane, ethyl acetate, diethyl ether, octane, chloroform, methylene chloride, dichloroethane, trichloroethene, tetrachloroethene, carbon tetrachloride, 1,4-dioxane, tetrahydrofuran, pyridine, triethylamine, nitromethane, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, and any combination thereof.
 28. (previously presnted) Any of the solutions according to claim 23, wherein the solution is a lyotropic liquid crystal solution.
 29. A crystal metadielectric layer comprising a mixture of the electro-polarizable compounds according to claim 1, wherein the nonlinearly polarizable fragments comprising an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule with at least one dopant group, the electro-conductive oligomers and the ionic groups which have electronic and/or ionic type of polarizability are placed into the resistive dielectric envelope formed by resistive substituents providing solubility of the organic compound in a solvent and electrically insulating the column-like supramolecules from each other.
 30. The crystal metadielectric layer according to claim 29, wherein the column-like supramolecules are formed by the electro-polarizable compounds comprising rylene fragments of different length.
 31. The crystal metadielectric layer according to claim 29, wherein the layer's relative permittivity is greater than or equal to
 1000. 32. The crystal metadielectric layer according to claim 29, wherein its real part of the relative permittivity (ε′) comprises first-order (ε⁽¹⁾) and second-order (ε⁽²⁾) permittivities according to follow formula: ${ɛ^{\prime} = {ɛ^{(1)} + {2ɛ^{(2)}\frac{V_{0}}{d}}}},$ where V₀ is the DC-voltage which is applied to the crystal metadielectric layer, d is the layer thickness.
 33. The crystal metadielectric layer according to claim 29, wherein the layer's resistivity is greater than or equal to 10¹³ ohm/cm.
 34. A meta-capacitor comprising two metal electrodes positioned parallel to each other and which can be rolled or flat and planar and metadielectric layer between this electrodes, wherein the layer comprises the electro-polarizable compounds according to any claim 1, wherein the nonlinearly polarizable fragments comprising an aromatic polycyclic conjugated molecule with at least one dopant group, the electro-conductive oligomers and the ionic groups which have electronic and/or ionic type of polarizability are placed into the resistive dielectric envelope formed by resistive substituents providing solubility of the organic compound in a solvent and electrically insulating the column-like supramolecules from each other. 